2 Samuel 19:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.”
2 Samuel 19:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 19:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 19:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.”
2 Samuel 19:3 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 19:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. ”
2 Samuel 19:3 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 19:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the people stealeth away, on that day, to go in to the city, as the people steal away, who are ashamed, in their fleeing in battle;”
2 Samuel 19:3 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 19:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the people stole away that day into the city, as people steal away when ashamed of fleeing in battle. ”
2 Samuel 19:3 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 19:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the people went that day into the citie secretly, as people confounded hide them selues when they flee in battell.”
2 Samuel 19:3 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 19:3 in Context — 2 Samuel 19
1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
What Does 2 Samuel 19:3 Mean?
2 Samuel 19:3 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 19. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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